Necktie retainer



' H K I NECKTIE RETAINER File'd se i. 16', 1955 INVENTOR;

I j ATTORNEYS.

Patented Jan. 19, 1937 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE NECKTIE RETAINER 1Claim.

This invention relates to improvements in necktie holders.

The principal object is to produce a holder which may be employed inconnection with a collar button or shirt button, for the purpose ofholding a necktie against relative movement.

A further object is to produce a device which is economical tomanufacture.

A still further object is to produce a device la which is easy tomanipulate and one which will not injure the tie material.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent during the course of thefollowing description.

In the accompanying drawing forming a part of this specification and inwhich like numerals are employed to designate like parts throughout thesame,

Fig. 1 illustrates the manner in which my device is employed when thetie is placed around the neck of the wearer.

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary view of a shirt showing my device applied bothto the collar button and also to the shirt button,

Fig. 3 is an enlarged cross sectional view of my device showing the sameapplied to a collar button,

Fig. 4 is a side elevation of my device on an enlarged scale,

Fig. 5 is a rear view of my device as shown in 30 Fig. 4,

Fig. 6 is a front elevation of Fig. 4, and

Fig. '7 illustrates the blank from which my device is formed.

A necktie often slips so that the knot is below the meeting point of thecollar and also in a four-in-hand tie, the free ends flap about unlessheld. I have, therefore, produced a holder which engages the button ofthe shirt and also engages the tie, thus holding the two together.

I am aware of the fact that various types of dollar buttons and necktiefasteners have been devised, wherein the fastening means is formed as apart of the collar button, but to my knowledge I am the first to employa structure in which the fastening element in itself is not a part ofthe collar button but can be utilized with any type of button employedon a shirt.

In the accompanying drawing wherein for the purpose of illustration isshown a preferredembodiment of my invention, the numeral 5 designates anordinary shirt having a collar 6 which is usually held together by acollar button I. Shirt buttons are shown at 8. My device con- 5 sists ofa blank having a narrow medial portion 8 and end portions 9 and H. Theend portion 9 hasa pin l2 secured thereto while the portion H isbifurcated so as to form a button engaging opening I3. 10

The device is folded upon itself as best illustrated in Fig. 4 so thatwhen in use the bifurcated portion may engage either the collar button lor shirt button 8. This causes the prong, when the device is positionedas shown in Fig. 3, to extend upwardly and engage the knot I 4 of thetie. When the device is positioned as shown in the lower illustration ofFig. 2 the pin 12 is placed cross-wise so that it may engage the freeends of the tie. It Will be apparent that as the bifurcated portionhooks over the button I, there can be no downward movement of my deviceand, therefore, any downward pull of the knot of the tie will. beresisted by the pin l2. Thus it will be noted that my device operates inthe manner above described.

It is to be understood that the form of my invention herewith shown anddescribed is to be taken as a preferred example of the same and thatvarious changes relative to the material, size, shape and arrangement ofparts may be resorted to without departing from the spirit of theinvention or the scope of the subjoined claim.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:-

A necktie retaining device made of a single blank of material andembodying in its construction two wide end portions connected by anarrow medial portion, one of the said end portions having ahooked-shaped pin secured thereto, the other of said end portions beingbifurcated so as to form a button engaging slot, said blank being benton its medial portion so as to form a U shaped device, the extremitiesof the bifurcated portion being tapered to allow the passage of a buttontherethrough to the button engaging slot.

TAAVI HELSKE.

